Athletes in Action

227 PUTTI TilE H T ( ) WnE the shoulders and hips arc quare to the front, as shown in Fig. 8 opposite, the right arm at last contributes its part to the whol ffort and the shot leaves it neck-re ting position. If the arm-shoot is pr duced earli r it \\ill c ntribute less than half it full driving fore . Fig. 8, again, shows harmoni us acti n, in that the left houlder and the right leg ar completing, re pc tiv ly, their 1 ading and thru ting effort together, in that both shoulder and hip ar now quare to the front; but n ithcr the left leg, till slightly bent at the knee, nor the right arm, still bent at the elbow haYc produced their final eff rts. Tw p ints to obs ne here are the walk-like attitud of the legs, indicating pede t f rm and tbe lrjting of tbe right elbow to sboulda-levcl, so tbat it still rt'mains directly bt'bind the sbot. If tbt' left sbouldu is dropped as the right elbow is raistd, or if you forget to ltjt tbe right elbow, success cannot follow. te how the h ad ha been raised and dropped slightly back, to lift the fully inflated chest ; and, al ' O, h w the weight of the b dy has been thrust on t the left leg \ hi hi going to supply the point f r i ·t. nee and the final lift to the cliYery effort. Take up the p ition hown in •ig. 7 and from it practise sl wly, and man} tim · the attainment f th po ition h n in Fig. . T.1.e care to pu ·h the b dy forward on to the ldt leg, to lift the right elb \\ but do not drop tbe left shouldt'r. If the shoulders are swung harply ·nough (Fig · . t ) the h t can be sent a con idcrable distance without e.'tcnding the right arm at all.